When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2021-11-03T00:03:56

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:44:22.943Z

Reserved: 2021-08-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-38492

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-11-03T01:15:07.200

Modified: 2022-12-09T19:19:12.667

Link: CVE-2021-38492

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-38492 - Bugzilla